this week is about scaling startups and helping entrepreneurs think through what a CEO does as their company scales (see Mathilde from Front post - portfolio co), 5 things Jeff Haynie (Pinpoint - portfolio co, former Appcelerator) would do differently in his new company, and how VC firms look at SaaS metrics as companies raise Series A, B and C rounds; also a fascinating read on a quantum internet

Must read for founders of enterprise startups from Jeff Haynie (Pinpoint and former appcelerator) - Appcelerator was not my first startup and certainly I hope not the last. We learned a ton from it and we made a lot of great decisions and certainly a share of bad ones — like all startups. Here’s…

fascinating article on quantum networks, not quantum computers and what is possible with this breakthrough - Networks that harness entanglement and teleportation could enable leaps in security, computing and science.

use of AI for laser phishing attacks coming - scary thought - “Then there’s automated laser phishing, a tactic Ovadya notes security researchers are already whispering about. Essentially, it’s using AI to scan things, like our social media presences, and craft false but believable messages from people we know. The game changer, according to Ovadya, is that something like laser phishing would allow bad actors to target anyone and to create a believable imitation of them using publicly available data.”

s1 alert - zscaler files on $154mm revenu and 56% YoverY growth, “Zscaler, which provides integrated, cloud-delivered enterprise security services, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an.”